Buckle and loop.



A. A. COLLEDGE.

BUCKLE AND LOOP.

APPLICATION FILED ucnzs. 1912.

1,144,984, Patented June 29', 1915.

WITNESSES INVEIVIOH flA/WED /7. 60145055, ,& BY j; z WN ATTORNEYS THENORRIS PETERS 50.. PHOTG-LITHa, WASHINGTON, D. C.

ALFRED ALEXANDER COLLEDGE, 0F LE MARS, IOWA, ASSIGNOR, TO HENRY W.KLINKERFUES, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

BUCKLE AND LOOP.

Application filed October 28, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED A. CoLLnneE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Le Mars, in the county of Plymouth and State of Iowa,have invented a new and useful Combined Buckle and Loop, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a combined buckle and loop for use in connectionwith wearing apparel, especially'overalls; and the device is designed toprovide an adjustable and readily disengageable connection between thesuspender strap of the overalls and the body of the garment.

The object of my invention is the provision of a device of the characterdescribed, simple in construction, readily manufactured at moderatecost, readily attached to the garment in the first instance, and neat,safe and effective in use.

The preferred embodiment of my invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawings in which,-

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation showing my device in use. Fig. 2 isan elevation showing the device as it appears while being applied to abutton, the button stem appearing in section. Fig. 3 is a side elevationof the combined buckle and loop. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of thebutton loop part of the device. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view ofthe strap-securing device.

As illustrated in the drawings, 4: is the suspender strap of a pair ofoveralls, 5 the waistband and 6 the body part of the garment. To thewaistband 5 is secured a button 19 having a shank 20.

The frame part of my improved device, which is preferably formed fromone piece of metal, has at one end a strap loop with a straight crossbar 7 and downwardly and inwardly inclined arms 8. Adjacent the lowerends of the arms 8 are provided bearings in the form of outwardly turnedjournal portions 9 disposed in alinement with each other as shown inFig. 2. Adjacent the journals 9 the two sides of the frame are curvedsharply downward and inward at 10, 10, and then extend straight inwardtoward each other at 11, 11. At 11 the sides of the frame are bentabruptly downward and outward so as to form the bowed portions 12, 1.2.At the lower ends of the bowed portions 12, the sides of the frame arebent abruptly outward at 13, 13, and extending downward Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1915.

Serial No. 728,102.

and outward from these bends are straight portions 14, 1 1, which extenddownwardly and outwardly and which are joined by bends 16, 16, with theinwardly turned end parts 17, 17, each of which terminates in an eye 18.Each of the eyes 18 encircles the adjacent straight part of the oppositeside of the frame so as to form a slidable connection therewith asindicated in Figs. 2 and 4.

In connection with the buckle loop 1 provide a strap securing devicewhich, in the construction shown, consists of a bar 21 of sheet metalhaving tongues 23, integral with it, and bearing leaves 24, alsointegral with it. The bar 21 with its tongue and bearing leaves mayconveniently be stamped from a single piece of sheet metal as will beunderstood from Fig. 5. The bar and its accompanying parts being thusformed, the bearing leaves 24 are bent around the journal portions 9 sothat the bar 21 extends across from one of the journal portions 9 to theother as indicated in Fig. 2, the tongues 23 extending upwardly so as toengage the up-' perv horizontal portion of the buckle loop.

The bends 13 normally occupy predetermined relative positions in whichthese bends are disposed close together, being so held by the springpressure of the parts with which they are integrally connected, theentire frame part being made preferably from a single piece of springwire. Whenever the bends 13 are forced apart however, the eyes 18 whichencircle the portion 17 as above described execute slight slidingmovements relatively to the said portions, and upon being released theyreturn to their normal positions.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the eyes 18, guidethe portions 17 and the bends 13 whenever these bends are sprung apart.It will also be noted that the device is made of two pieces, one beingordinarily a frame formed from a single piece of spring wire, the otherbeing the bar provided with tongues and with hearing members as shown inFig. 5.

The operation of my device is as follows: In order to connect the devicewith the suspender 4, the tongues 23 are swung slightly away from theupper portion of the buckle loop and the lower end of the suspender isthreaded between the cross bar 7 of the buckle loop and the adjacentsharp ends of the tongues 23. The suspender is now drawn a sufiicientdistance past the tongues, after which the end of the suspender isthreaded downwardly between the bar 21 and the straight portions 11. Alittle pull being now exerted upon the lower end of the suspender, thetongues are thrust through the suspender as indicated in Fig. 1.

In order to support the overalls, the button 19 is drawn upwardly andpassed between the bends 12 so that the shank 20 of the button isbetween and slightly above the bends 13. A slight downward pressurebeing now applied to the button, the shank 20 forces the bends l3slightly apart, and in so doing causes the eyes 18 to slide somewhat onthe portions 17 extending through them. In other words, as indicated inFig. 2, the eyes 18 slightly approach each other as the shank 20 of thebutton passes downwardly between the bends 18 and into the open loopformed by the portions 14 and 17. The button shank being thus lodged inposition, the

spring members above described assume their normal positions and thebutton is held securely in place.

While the button loop of the frame clasps the stem of the buttonsecurely by reason of the resilience of the frame, the parts can readilybe separated by forcing the button upward so that its stem engages theretaining bends 13 and springs the sides of the frame apart so as torelease the button; and thereupon the head of the button may bewithdrawn between the bowed parts 12 of the frame.

It will be observed on referring to Fig. 1 that the construction of thedevice is such that in use the lower loose end of the suspender strap 1can be passed from the front to the rear side of the frame so as toextend down within the waistband and body of the garment. Obviously thisarrangement of the .end of the suspender strap is possible whether thebutton is on the inside or the outside of the waistband of the garment.This feature of the device is of great practical importance becauseoveralls are largely worn by workmen employed around machinery where anyloose, flying or dangling ends of wearing apparel are a source ofconsiderable danger. I believe that I am the first to provide a combinedbuckle and button loop in which such danger is obviated and a neat,convenient and thoroughly effective fastening provided.

I do not limit myself to the precise construction shown as changes maybe made in the form of my invention without departing from the spiritthereof, the scope of my invention being commensurate with my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent;

1. In a combined buckle and loop, the combination with a frame made of asingle piece of spring wire shaped at one end of the frame to form abuckle loop adapted to receive a strap, at the other end of the frame toform a resilient button loop adapted to receive and yieldingly hold theshank of a button, and intermediate the said loops to form bearings, ofa movable strap securing device operatively engaging the said bearingsand disposed in cooperative relation with the said buckle loop.

2. In a combined buckle and loop, the combination with a frame made of asingle iece of spring wire having its middle part shaped to form at oneend of the frame a buckle loop adapted to receive a strap, its two endparts slidably connected and shaped to form a resilient button loopadapted to receive and yieldingly hold the shank of a button, and beingshaped intermediate the said loops to form bearings, of a movable strapsecuring device operatively engaging the said bearings and disposed incooperative relation with the said buckle loop.

3. In a combined buckle andv loop, the combination with a frame having abuckle loop at one end adapted to receive a strap, a resilient buttonloop at its other end adapted to receive and yieldingly hold the shankof a button, and bearings disposed between the said loops, of a movablestrap securing device operatively engaging the said bearings anddisposed in cooperative relation with the said buckle loop, the saidframe having an opening between the strap loop and the button loopthrough which the loose end of the strap can be passed from the frontside to the rear side of the frame.

4:. In a combined buckle and loop, the combination with a frame made ofa single piece of spring wire shaped at one end of the frame to form abuckle loop adapted to receive a strap, at the other end of the frame toform a resilient button loop adapted to receive and yieldingly hold theshank of a button, and intermediate the said loops to form bearings andan opening through which the loose end of the strap can be passed fromthe front side to the rear side of the frame, of a movable strapsecuring device operatively engaging the said bearings and disposed incooperative relation with the said buckle loop.

- 5. In a combined buckle and loop, the combination of a frame made of asingle piece of spring wire shaped at one end of the frame to form abuckle loop adapted to receive a strap and at the other end of the frameto form a resilient button loop adapted to receive and yieldingly holdthe shank of a button, and a strap securing device on the frame adjacentthe buckle loop.

6. In a combined buckle and loop, the combination of a frame made of asingle piece of spring wire having its middle part shaped to form at oneend of the frame a buckle loop adapted to receive a strap and its tWoend parts slidably connected and shaped to form a resilient button loopadapted to receive and yieldingly hold the shank of a button, and astrap-securing device on the frame adjacent the buckle loop.

7 In a combined buckle and loop, the combination with a frame made of asingle piece of spring wire shaped at one end of the frame to form abuckle loop adapted to receive a strap, at the other end of the frame toform a resilient button loop adapted to &

receive and yieldingly hold the shank of a button, and intermediate thesaid loops to form an opening through Which the loose end of the strapcan be passed from the front side to the rear side of the frame, of astrap securing device on the frame disposed in cooperative relation withthe buckle loop.

ALFRED ALEXANDER GOLLEDGE.

Witnesses:

JAMES F. KEENAN, J. T. KEENAN.

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